European
Agreement Concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles
Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR)
done at Geneva on 1 July 1970
Amendment 1*
And Protokol of signature
Article 3
Application of some provisions of
the Agreement to road transport performed by vehicles registered
in the territories of non-contracting States
Amend paragraph 1 to read:
"... provisions not less strict than those laid down in articles
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, in article 12 paragraphs 1, 2, 6 and 7 and
in article 12 bis of this Agreement."
Insert new article as follows:
"Article 6 bis - Interruption of the daily rest period in the
course of combined transport operations
Where a crew member engaged in the carriage of goods or
passengers accompanies … a vehicle which is transported by
ferryboat or train, the daily rest period may be interrupted not
more than once, provided the following conditions are
fulfilled:
(a) That part of the daily rest period spent on land may be taken
before or after the portion of the daily rest period taken on
board the ferryboat or the train;
(b) The period between the two portions of the daily rest period
must be as short as possible and may on no account exceed one
hour before embarkation or after disembarkation, customs
formalities being included in the embarkation or disembarkation
operation;
(c) during both portions of the rest period the crew member must
have access to a bunk or couchette;
(d) Where a daily rest period is interrupted in this way, it
shall be increased by two hours;
(e) Any time spent on board a ferryboat or a train and not
counted as part of "a the daily rest period shall be regarded as
a break as defined in article 8."
Article 10
Manning
Beginning of article should
read:
"Subject to the provisions of article 12 bis paragraph 2 of this
Agreement, in this case of ..."
Article 11
Exceptional cases
Amend the last sentence to read:
"... shall record in the
individual control book or in the case mentioned in article 12
bis, as
appropriate, in the record sheet and/or in the other control
documents envisaged under paragraph 1 of that article, the nature
of and ...".
Insert new article as follows:
"Article 12 bis -
Control device
1. If a Contracting Party prescribes or authorizes the
installation and use on vehicles registered in its territory of a
mechanical control device, such device may give rise to complete
or partial exemption from the. filling in of the individual
control, book mentioned' in article 12, under the following
conditions:
a) The control device must be of a type either approved or
recognized by one of the Contracting Parties;
b) If the crew includes more than one person and if the recording
is not made on separate sheets but on only one sheet, this must
show clearly the part of the 'recording corresponding to each of
the persons;
c) If the device provides for the recording of crew members'
driving time's, times spent performing occupational activities
other than driving, and rest periods as veil as vehicle speeds
and distance covered, the keeping of the individual control book
may be entirely dispensed with;
d) If the device provides only for recording driving time, time
during which the vehicle is stationary, speed and distance
covered, the exemption will only be partial and limited to the
entries in the daily sheets of the said control book, the crew
members being obliged to complete daily the appropriate columns
of a weekly report conforming to the model sheet (e) appearing in
the annex to this Agreement;
e) If the normal and appropriate use of a control device
installed on a
vehicle is not possible, each crew member shall enter by hand,
using the appropriate graphic representation, the details
corresponding to his occupational activities and rest periods on
a record sheet, or on a daily sheet conforming to the model sheet
(c) appearing in the annex to the Agreement;
(f) When, by reason of their being away from the vehicle, the
crew members are unable to make use of the device, they shall
insert by hand, using the appropriate graphic representation, in
the record sheet or a daily sheet conforming to the model sheet
(c) envisaged in the annex to this Agreement, the various times
corresponding to their occupational activities while they were
away;
(g) The crew members rust always have available, and be able to
present for inspection, as appropriate, the record sheets and/or
the other control documents filled in as provided under (c), (d),
(e) and (f) of this paragraph, relating to the previous seven
days;
(h) The crew members must ensure that the control device be
activated and handled correctly and that, in case of
malfunctioning, it be repaired as soon as possible.
2. If the control device within the meaning of paragraph 1 is
installed and used on a vehicle registered in the territory of
one of the Contracting "Parties, the" application of the
provisions of article 10 of this Agreement to that vehicle shall
not be required by the other Contracting Parties.
3. Undertakings .shall keep, as appropriate, the record sheets
and/or the other control documents filled in as provided under
(c), (d), (e) and (f) of paragraph 1 of this article, for a
period of not less than twelve months after the date of the last
entry and shall produce them at the request of the control
authorities."
Article 14
Measures of
enforcement
of the Agreement
Amend paragraph 2 to read:
"... by spot checks of the record sheets and other control documents that the requirements of …"
* Entered into force on
3August 1983
* Spēkā no 1992. gada 24. aprīļa